{"id":29062,"date":"2023-01-19T13:20:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T13:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prelive-tdw.visibleone.app\/insight-and-news\/substantial-connection-in-jurisdictional-matters-no-separate-test-applied-to-parties-without-family-in-hong-kong-says-the-court-of-appeal-in-jq-v-clh-cacv-350-2021\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T09:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:15:11","slug":"substantial-connection-in-jurisdictional-matters-no-separate-test-applied-to-parties-without-family-in-hong-kong-says-the-court-of-appeal-in-jq-v-clh-cacv-350-2021","status":"publish","type":"insight-and-news","link":"https:\/\/www.tannerdewitt.com\/zh-hans\/insight-and-news\/substantial-connection-in-jurisdictional-matters-no-separate-test-applied-to-parties-without-family-in-hong-kong-says-the-court-of-appeal-in-jq-v-clh-cacv-350-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Substantial connection in jurisdictional matters \u2013 no separate test applied to parties without family in Hong Kong says the Court of Appeal in JQ v CLH CACV 350\/2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    \n\n<div style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.tannerdewitt.com\/wp-content\/themes\/tanner-de-witt\/images\/insightdetails.jpeg')\"\n    class=\"insight-news-detail-hero\" id=\"insight-news-detail-hero\">\n\n\t\t<div style=\"background-color:\" class=\"insight-news-detail-hero-overlay \"><\/div>\n            <div class=\"z-[0]\">\n                <div class=\"insight-news-breadcrumbs flex items-end practice-areas-featured-breadcrumbs \">\n                    <a class=\"page-link no-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tannerdewitt.com\/zh-hans\/\">Home<\/a>                <\/div>\n\n\n                <div class=\"hero-title\">\n                    <h1>\n                        Substantial connection in jurisdictional matters \u2013 no separate test applied to parties without family in Hong Kong says the Court of Appeal in JQ v CLH CACV 350\/2021                    <\/h1>\n                <\/div>\n                \n                    <div style=\"\" class=\"hero-date \">\n\n                        <span class=\"month\">Jan<\/span>\n                        <span class=\"day\">19<\/span>\n                        <span class=\"year\">2023<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n    \n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<script >\n    (function () {\n        document.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", () => {\n\n            const breadCrumbsContainer = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\".practice-areas-featured-breadcrumbs\"));\n\n            breadCrumbsContainer.forEach(container => {\n                const breadCrumbLinks = Array.from(container.querySelectorAll('.page-link'));\n                const breadCrumbSeperators = Array.from(container.querySelectorAll('.separator'));\n\n                if (Array.from(breadCrumbLinks).length === 1) {\n                    const homeNode = breadCrumbLinks[0];\n\n                    if (!homeNode) {\n                        return\n                    }\n\n                    const postTypeNode = homeNode.cloneNode(true);\n                    postTypeNode.textContent = \"Insights and News\";\n                    container.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', `<span class=\"separator practice-areas-featured-breadcrumb-item-slash\">\/<\/span>`)\n                    container.insertAdjacentElement('beforeend', postTypeNode)\n                    breadCrumbLinks.push(postTypeNode);\n\n                    if (\"Insights\") {\n                        const categoryNode = homeNode.cloneNode(true);\n\n                        categoryNode.textContent = \"Insights\";\n                        container.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', `<span class=\"separator practice-areas-featured-breadcrumb-item-slash\">\/<\/span>`)\n                        container.insertAdjacentElement('beforeend', categoryNode)\n                        breadCrumbLinks.push(categoryNode);\n                    }\n\n\n                    const titleNode = homeNode.cloneNode(true);\n\n                    titleNode.textContent = \"Substantial connection in jurisdictional matters \u2013 no separate test applied to parties without family in Hong Kong says the Court of Appeal in JQ v CLH CACV 350\/2021\";\n                    container.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', `<span class=\"separator practice-areas-featured-breadcrumb-item-slash\">\/<\/span>`)\n                    container.insertAdjacentElement('beforeend', titleNode)\n                    breadCrumbLinks.push(titleNode);\n\n\n\n\n                }\n\n                breadCrumbLinks.forEach((link, index) => {\n\n                    link.classList.add('practice-areas-featured-breadcrumb-item-name');\n                    const origin = window.location.origin;\n                    const href = window.location.href;\n\n                    const originSplitter = window.location.href.includes(\"insight-and-news\") ? 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The Husband appealed.<\/p>\n<p>CACV 350\/2021 was heard before Hon Chow JA, Hon Barma and Chow JJA in the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n<p>The issue was whether the Husband had a substantial connection with Hong Kong as at the date of the petition.<\/p>\n<p>The parties were born in Mainland China and are Mainland residents. They married in 2013 and had four children. At the time that the petition was issued in 2018, the Husband lived in Dongguan, two children of the family lived with the Wife in Shanghai, one child lived in the USA, and the eldest child lived away from the parties.<\/p>\n<p>The Husband\u2019s appeal proceeded on the basis that where there was no presence of family in Hong Kong, there should be a finding of exceptional circumstances before substantial connection could be established. The Husband argued that there was no exceptionality to his case as his own connections with Hong Kong were not so substantial that jurisdiction ought to be found.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Court of Appeal clarified (\u00a724 &amp; 25):<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-decoration: none;\">\n<li><em>\u2018There is not a separate category of parties without the presence of family in Hong Kong who have to satisfy the requirement of \u201cexceptionality\u201d before jurisdiction under s 3(c) can be established\u2026.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>\u2026The pertinent, and only, question to ask is whether the Husband had a substantial connection with Hong Kong as at the date of the petition within the meaning of s 3(c) of the Ordinance.\u00a0 This is a question of fact, which has been said to be \u201chighly fact sensitive\u201d, per H H Judge Sharon Melloy in Z v K [2019] HKFC 68, at \u00a724.\u2019<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Court of Appeal acknowledged that the Husband regularly came to Hong Kong for business and that Hong Kong remained the \u2018home base\u2019 of his finances and business. The Husband maintained a \u2018<em>consistent \u201ceconomic and \u201csocial\u201d presence<\/em>\u2019 in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>It has not been shown that the Judge\u2019s conclusion is plainly wrong. As the Husband\u2019s appeal is a mere disagreement with the Judge\u2019s finding of fact on the issue of substantial connection, there was no valid basis to overturn the Judge\u2019s finding.<\/p>\n<p>The Husband\u2019s appeal was therefore rejected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong><em>Joanne Brown and Jamie Choy<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For specific advice on your situation, please contact:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tannerdewitt.com\/our-people\/joanne-brown\/\">Joanne Brown<\/a><br \/>Partner |\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:joannebrown@tannerdewitt.com\">joannebrown@tannerdewitt.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Disclaimer: This publication is general in nature and is not intended to constitute legal advice. 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